January 13, 2014
Why aren’t my hybrids laying?
Why have my new hybrids still not come into lay despite the fact that they are now 26 weeks and I have been waiting for the last four weeks? They are on layers pellets, have…
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Poultry
January 13, 2014
Fancy a Friesian?
Quirky Birds - part II - Friesian Fowl (Chamois)
January 13, 2014
Bearded beauty
Quirky Birds - part I: The Araucana
January 13, 2014
THE DAILY ROUTINE
A chicken keeper’s daily routine centres around when the birds get up, eat and roost
January 13, 2014
Clipping spurs
In a recent issue of Your Chickens a writer suggested spurs can safely be clipped back since they consist of dead tissue. I know of someone who did this and hit blood vessels. Please can…
January 12, 2014
Tricky problem of egg eating
Tricky problem of egg eating
January 10, 2014
GOLD TOP
In last month’s magazine, in a question about the most broody hens, Charlotte Popescu said a Gold Top is a good broody. What does this bird look like?
January 9, 2014
Spoilt rotten!
A trio of hens have become fully-fledged members of a family in East Sussex
January 9, 2014
Why is straw being kicked out?
My 10-year-old daughter’s three chickens live in an Omlet Eglu. We have used straw to fill the nest box with no problems, until recently, that is. Suddenly, the straw was being kicked out of the…
January 9, 2014
Bedding for bantams
Currently I use compacted and chopped straw as bedding for my five Wyandotte bantams. Being the editor of a local magazine, however, I always have bags of finely-shredded paper easily available. Is there any reason…
January 9, 2014
Egg tooth uses
I know the egg tooth is used by a chick to break out of the actual shell, but does it have any other purposes?
